Blockchain Technology News

J. Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), plans to promote the blockchain-based United States dollar with a new think tank.

Major crypto exchange Huobi becomes a member of the Blockchain Turkey Platform to cooperate with local players on blockchain efforts.

NBA’s Sacramento Kings has partnered with blockchain software development studio ConsenSys to release a sports gear auction platform built on the Ethereum blockchain.

Crypto startup Kadena’s public blockchain launched Wednesday, adding interoperable smart contract support between the public chain and its private chain counterparts.

CHO, one of the largest olive oil producers in the southern Mediterranean, announced on Jan. 14 that it is using IBM’s blockchain technology to provide traceability for its Terra Delyssa extra virgin olive oil. The company is the latest major food provider to join IBM’S Food Trust Network.

Chef Aarón Sánchez and IBM teamed up at CES 2020 to create a vision of a blockchain-based food chain. IBM's Food Trust project, of which Sánchez is a part, aims to allow growers, grocers and cooks to track their food from seed to plate.

Blockchain could help streamline and modernize copyright processes, protecting artists from pirates. Here’s a look at how and who’s behind it.

The United States Treasury Department has almost completed tests of a blockchain-based grants payment capability as part of the exploration of how the tech can improve such operations.

Lightnet, the company behind the Velo Protocol, recently raised $31.2 million in a Series A round.

One of the largest U.S. television providers has published a patent application for a new "anti-piracy management system" that uses blockchain to enable owners to track how their content is being used.

Toronto-based startup Convergence.tech has successfully concluded a blockchain-based pilot to help Mongolian nomadic herders track and certify sustainable cashmere.

As decentralized finance gains steam how much of it will depend on Ethereum? Well, it depends on how long Ethereum 2.0 takes to launch.

Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica has reportedly partnered with the local Association of Science and Technology Parks (APTE) to grant access to its blockchain to about 8,000 firms in Spain.

With the new year Illinois became the latest state to recognize smart contracts and other blockchain-based records as legal instruments.

The largest port in the Middle Eastern nation of Oman has signed up withTradeLens – a blockchain supply chain platform founded by IBM and Maersk.

The provincial government of Anhui, China, has announced a plan to adopt blockchain technology across governmental service centers.

Chinese internet giant Baidu launched on Monday a blockchain-based service for developers and small and medium-sized businesses to build decentralized applications, or dapps.

The Block Genesis published an overview of industry investment activity for the 2019 period this week, finding that a staggering majority of it occurred in Asia, North America and Europe.

The Block Genesis published an overview of industry investment activity for the 2019 period this week, finding that a staggering majority of it occurred in Asia, North America and Europe.

The Jordan Customs Department has announced a pilot of the TradeLens blockchain supply chain platform to bring enhanced transparency and efficiency to the exchange of goods, documentation process, and communication between trading counterparties. This, according to a report by The Maritime Standard, January 2, 2020.